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Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1020066LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£1.0m2025-03-31
Spending£468ksame year
Spent / received58%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1993Charitable company
Employees9latest return

Analysis

Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02807620). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited reported income of £1.0m and spending of £468k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £257k to £1.0m (+306%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jermyn Street Theatre (£1.0m), The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre (£1.0m) and The Rio Centre (Dalston) Limited (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and charitable activities 1.1%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £204k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Income and spending

£0£261k£522k£782k£1.0m2021 Income: £256,9972021 Spending: £229,95520212022 Income: £367,8342022 Spending: £338,71120222023 Income: £353,7752023 Spending: £355,64320232024 Income: £968,7882024 Spending: £351,34320242025 Income: £1,043,0172025 Spending: £467,8012025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 98%
  • Charitable activities 1.1%
  • Investments 0.8%

In the charity's own words

To promote education and training in the creative and expressive arts and to advance the educational, physical, cultural and social welfare of young people in particular from disadvantaged inner city areas so that they may grow to maturity as individuals and members of society.

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